Face mask · D. R. Congo, Bwaka · ID: 3032403
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Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, asymmetrical facial features, carved teeth, vertical scarification marks, accentuated by red pigment, slightly dam., missing parts at the rim, min. insect caused damage, on pedestal;
used at circumcision rites when the initiates return to the village, often paired male/female.
Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L., 100 Peoples of Zaire and their Sculpture, Brüssel 1987, p. 121, ill. 11